1I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.2Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?4He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!6Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. (Ex 34:24; 1Ki 12:27; Isa 30:29)2Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? (1Sa 3:17)4A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! (Ps 45:5; Ps 127:4; Ps 140:10; Pr 25:22; Jer 50:9)5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! (Ge 10:2; Ge 25:13; So 1:5; Isa 60:7; Jer 49:28; Eze 27:13; Eze 27:21; Eze 38:2; Eze 39:1)6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! (Ps 109:4)